( I wrote this blog in the summer of 2013. Forgot to post it though.Well, better late than NEVER!)
Its been raining heavily since the last two days. This rain was much needed. The city has been going through a rough dry spell, water scarcity was looming large! Thank the skies for opening up, albeit a little late!
It so happened, that I was on my way back home yesterday while it was drizzling. As a pillion rider I was enjoying every bit of the ride.
The roads were partially flooded. Pockets and puddles of rain water stood here and there. Cars and bikes splashed water as they passed by.Children, on their way back from school, were enjoying every drop, every drizzle. Children, on their way back from school, were deliberately walking into muddy puddles... some of them were tearing up pages from their notebooks - in full glee.Yong couples found this as an obvious excuse to snuggle on their two and four wheelers ;)
Women, of all ages, were relishing a warm cup of tea/coffee, albeit at an odd time of the day... off of their daily mundane schedules...probably heaving a sigh of relief as they enjoyed this unplanned afternoon"break" - along with this city.Oh! by the way, these women were sitting in their balconies facing the busy roads( that's how I got to see them as a passerby) , waiting for their child to return from school, college...some were waiting for their husbands, some their friends and some maybe for just a phone call.
A ten minute ride from my workplace to home, yet I'm not even nearly done!Are words enough to express what my mind saw , how relieved and at peace I felt with myself.I felt a kind of oneness with these strangers as I saw a reflection of bits of my own life in them. It reestablished the goodness, innocence and optimism that still exists around us. The rain had doused all the fears , washed away all the pain, bringing in hope, promising a fresh lease of life and inspiration to carry on!
Its been raining heavily since the last two days. This rain was much needed. The city has been going through a rough dry spell, water scarcity was looming large! Thank the skies for opening up, albeit a little late!
It so happened, that I was on my way back home yesterday while it was drizzling. As a pillion rider I was enjoying every bit of the ride.
The roads were partially flooded. Pockets and puddles of rain water stood here and there. Cars and bikes splashed water as they passed by.Children, on their way back from school, were enjoying every drop, every drizzle. Children, on their way back from school, were deliberately walking into muddy puddles... some of them were tearing up pages from their notebooks - in full glee.Yong couples found this as an obvious excuse to snuggle on their two and four wheelers ;)
Women, of all ages, were relishing a warm cup of tea/coffee, albeit at an odd time of the day... off of their daily mundane schedules...probably heaving a sigh of relief as they enjoyed this unplanned afternoon"break" - along with this city.Oh! by the way, these women were sitting in their balconies facing the busy roads( that's how I got to see them as a passerby) , waiting for their child to return from school, college...some were waiting for their husbands, some their friends and some maybe for just a phone call.
A ten minute ride from my workplace to home, yet I'm not even nearly done!Are words enough to express what my mind saw , how relieved and at peace I felt with myself.I felt a kind of oneness with these strangers as I saw a reflection of bits of my own life in them. It reestablished the goodness, innocence and optimism that still exists around us. The rain had doused all the fears , washed away all the pain, bringing in hope, promising a fresh lease of life and inspiration to carry on!
